“I don’t have a magic phone, so I just sat there trying to think what to do next, when this tall, middle-aged cyclist, stopped and asked me what was the trouble.

“I said I am perfectly alright, but my scooter isn’t.”

Sheila Peal, pictured in her mobility scooter.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY

Mrs Peal said the man checked over her mobility scooter, which is about two years old, but was unable to start it. He then told her he would cycle home to Lakenham - around four miles away in the south of Norwich - pick up his car and return.

“I was overwhelmed,” Mrs Peal said. “I told him ‘how kind of you’.

“So I spent the next 50 minutes still stuck on the scooter.

“It was an interesting wait in that only two people asked me if I was okay as they walked past.

Sheila Peal, pictured in her mobility scooter.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY

“During that time Sir Galahad himself went home, dumped his bike, picked up his car and drove back all the way to get me.”

Mrs Peal said the man drove her back home, around half-a-mile away, and then returned to pick up her scooter.

“I have no idea how he got it here, he must have shoved it into his car,” she said.

“I thanked him enormously and shook his hand, but I didn’t get his phone number.”

Mrs Peal said the man, who was middle aged with short greying hair, gave the name Craig Lindsay and had a Scottish or northern accent.

She said: “I would love to get in touch with him to properly thank him, but I stupidly didn’t ask for his home number.”

• Were you the man who helped Mrs Peal? Email luke.powell@archant.co.uk or call 01603 772684 to be put in touch with her.